Many people do not realize that our largest states population wize, define for the country what gets put into our nations textbooks. Here is an example of what I call the "TEXIFICATION" of our nations educational system.
[Q]The board of education approved health textbooks for Texas high school and middle school students after publishers changed the wording in their books to reflect marriage as being between a man and a woman.[/Q]
[Q]One publisher changed the textbooks to include a definition of marriage as a "lifelong union between a husband and a wife." The other publisher changed wording throughout books from phrases like "when two people marry" and "partners" to "when a man and a woman marry" and "husbands and wives."[/Q]
[Q]The board's decision could affect dozens of states because books sold in Texas, the nation's second-largest textbook buyer, often are marketed elsewhere.
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This is just one example of the power of the larger states. It works the same as if the California Board of Education wants or decides. The economics the situation is such that these two school boards pretty much have control over the texbook companies. Unfortunately the cultural war is taking place inside of our classrooms, and local school boards have very little to say about what actually gets put into the classrooms.
http://www.panews.com/articles/2004/11/06/news/03news.txt
[Q]The board of education approved health textbooks for Texas high school and middle school students after publishers changed the wording in their books to reflect marriage as being between a man and a woman.[/Q]
[Q]One publisher changed the textbooks to include a definition of marriage as a "lifelong union between a husband and a wife." The other publisher changed wording throughout books from phrases like "when two people marry" and "partners" to "when a man and a woman marry" and "husbands and wives."[/Q]
[Q]The board's decision could affect dozens of states because books sold in Texas, the nation's second-largest textbook buyer, often are marketed elsewhere.
[/Q]
This is just one example of the power of the larger states. It works the same as if the California Board of Education wants or decides. The economics the situation is such that these two school boards pretty much have control over the texbook companies. Unfortunately the cultural war is taking place inside of our classrooms, and local school boards have very little to say about what actually gets put into the classrooms.
http://www.panews.com/articles/2004/11/06/news/03news.txt